April 25, 2006
damn the tornados! at least we had good coffee
Happy day after my birthday! Thanks to everyone for your birthday wishes–I had a great day, thanks! Wade and I went to a lovely French restaurant for dinner and shared a cheese plate and a scallops appetizer that came with a honey fig sauce, and a creme brulee (and wine! lots of wine!) and I wore my fabulous satiny espadrilles with the four-inch heels, which really are good sitting-down-drinking-wine shoes. After dinner, because it was too soon to go home, we went to the mall, which sounds like such a dumb thing to do but is way more fun without the kids; we ended up, as usual, at the Apple store, licking the iMacs.
We got home just in time to tuck the boys in and hear the tornado sirens go off, and spent the rest of the evening drinking and watching the local news* and wondering if we were going to have to cram four adults and two kids into a bathroom the size of a Kleenex box. Charlie decided to pretend that he was scared, so he came out and watched storm footage with us for an hour, including some really amazing pictures of a tornado touching down at an airport in El Reno, Oklahoma (I have NO IDEA how far that is from Oklahoma City, but it’s not in my neighborhood). Henry just hung out in his bed, playing with a light-up dinosaur and talking to himself; eventually, I went to check on him and we opened his blinds and watched the lightening, which was really cool. And then it was over and we all went to bed. Happy birthday!
*If you’re from Oklahoma City, click that link. Really! So very funny!
Today, though, it was back to the usual grind (get it? Grind? I’m going to talk about COFFEE! Get it? GET IT?). The fabulous people at Boca Java have introduced a new line of coffees for bloggers, and because I am such a coffee whore discriminating coffee drinker, they sent me a generous box of samples to road test. There were two dark roasts, two mild roasts, and two flavored coffees. I let my parents pick what we would drink–you know, in exchange for free childcare–and they went for the flavored coffees. For the rundown on the dark roasts, check out the very pretty and very funny Mir’s review, which was also guided by her parents’ coffee preferences. Funny coincidence, no?
We started with the Blogger’s Pajama Passion, which is described as an “exotic flavored coffee featuring vanilla, kahlua and caramel.” It was delicious–my dad was using words like “smooth” and “full-bodied” which made us all giggle (although both were very appropriate). My mother said, “It would be really good with a shot of Kahlua in it.”
I said, “I’m going to write that on the Internet.”
She laughed and said, “No, no, say something like, ‘It would make a wonderful after-dinner coffee.’”
“Nope,” I said. “I’m going to write that my mom said we needed to put Kahlua in the coffee at 11:00 am.”
This morning, we tried the Blogger’s Beach Blend, which is “a tantalizing combination of chocolate kiss and caramel” (apparently they’re big on the caramel, the Boca Java people). It was also delicious, but this time we cut right to the chase and decided that what it really needed was a shot of Bailey’s Irish Cream. At 8:00 am.
Alcoholic tendencies aside, if you like flavored coffees, with or without any additional flavoring, these are worth a try. They were delicious and smooth, but not overly flavory, and they really DID taste like vanilla and chocolate and caramel. Yummy! Order some now! And then tell me how I get someone to send me some wine to review!
(As an aside, the Boca Java folks also sent me a mug and a hat, with their Always blog on a full tank logo on them. And while the coffee gets two thumbs up, the hat will be living in my closet–I can’t really see myself going out in any piece of clothing with the word “blog” on it. But that may just be me.)
Edited to add: Good lord, the spelling errors! All fixed now. So sorry! So pitiful . . .
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April 25th, 2006 at 5:41 pm, Mary P. Says:
Blog coffee! How fun! Too bad I can’t drink the stuff, but I love, love, love the mug. Gee. Do you think they’ll come out with blog margaritas that I could sample and blog about?
Re: the coffee and the kahlua. All I’m sayin’ is that apple ain’t fell too far from the tree, if ya gets my drift…
April 25th, 2006 at 6:29 pm, Chilihead2 Says:
LOL at the Gary England link. I grew up in Enid and now live in Tulsa. We just don’t have a Gary here… And we had tornado sirens last night too, just not much drama.
April 25th, 2006 at 6:44 pm, The PIssed-Off Progressive Says:
Mmmm… Kahlua and coffee…
El Reno’s about half an hour west of OKC, right off I-40. Mr. POP grew up there. He says there’s an airstrip out by where his parents’ house was, so we’ll have to check that out. LOVE the drinking game–I used to work at Channel 9.
Anyway, glad you had a great birthday! What would a spring birthday be without a tornado warning, anyway??
April 25th, 2006 at 7:00 pm, Jenorama Says:
I would totally go out in clothing with the word ‘blog’ on it. But I want it to be a T-shirt.
LOL at Mary P!
April 25th, 2006 at 8:32 pm, Kristen Says:
I’m one of those people that only likes coffee if it comes in the form of ice cream or candy (”would you like some coffee with your lard and sugar?”) - so that chocolate/caramel one mixed with Bailey’s sounds pretty inviting to me…
April 25th, 2006 at 8:40 pm, Cmommy Says:
OK, where is Boca Java and how can I find this coffee if there isn’t one anywhere near me??!! They get kudos from me for being so very forward thinking about the blog world!
My 12 yr-old son has been a bit worried about the Bailey’s in the fridge ever since he completed the DARE program in 5th grade. Bless his heart!
April 25th, 2006 at 8:46 pm, Susan Says:
Cmommy! Go to the Boca Java website and volunteer to be a coffee reviewer! You, too, can write about what booze you would put in their coffee! And if you would wear the hat in public, that would be an extra bonus for them!
All of you! Go! Now! Sign up! Link is in the post! Delicious FREE STUFF, people! Why are you still here?
April 25th, 2006 at 9:13 pm, Kathryn Says:
Happy belated birthday. Blog coffee and Kahlua sound good to me - anytime.
April 26th, 2006 at 11:05 am, Homestead Says:
And whipped cream. All really good flavored-coffee drinks have booze and whipped cream… and a swizzle stick.
I just can’t wait to quit decaf and start drinking the leaded stuff again…. coffee is loaded with antioxidants you know… very good.
April 26th, 2006 at 1:32 pm, adria Says:
I was thinking about you and your family when I saw the news of a tornado touching down by Oklahoma City. I am so happy you did not have to cram in your tiny bathroom.
The coffee samples sound delicious!
April 27th, 2006 at 12:04 pm, ieatcrayonz Says:
Happy belated birthday, dear. It’s sounds like it was strappingly fabulous.